junioreiden

Junioreiden is a Finnish noun form used to indicate possession or association with a group of juniors, particularly in sports, education, and youth organizations. It commonly appears in phrases describing rules, events, or attributes that belong to or concern juniors. For example, junioreiden sarja refers to a league or series intended for junior athletes, while junioreiden ikäluokat describes age groups within the junior category.

In Finnish grammar, junioreiden functions as a genitive plural form tied to the base noun juniore (a junior). It is used when the subject or object of a sentence is possessed by or connected to the juniors. The more neutral plural noun for the group itself is juniorit, but junioreiden is chosen when the emphasis is on ownership, affiliation, or association with the juniors in a phrase.

Usage notes and common contexts include phrases such as junioreiden turnaus (the juniors’ tournament), junioreiden valmennusohjelma (the juniors’ coaching program), and junioreiden kilpailusäännöt (the juniors’ competition rules). The term is typical in organizational documents, media reporting on youth sports, and formal descriptions of age-group structures.

Related terms include juniorit (the juniors, as a group in nominative), junioreita (the juniors in partitive or certain other constructions), and general references to ikäluokat (age groups). Junioreiden tends to appear in possessive constructions rather than as a standalone subject.